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Come As You Are WRITTEN BY
ALEXANDER DODGE
Ashley Mirakian
Rendering of a set design from Cabaret.
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The Atlanta Opera brings its 2021-22 season to a close at the historic Pullman Yards with its “Come As You Are” festival this June, featuring a new production of the blockbuster musical Cabaret performed in repertoire with the critically acclaimed chamber opera As One. A special Saturday matinee features Atlanta Opera favorite, Jay Hunter Morris, in a cabaret-style concert.
The “Come As You Are” festival builds on the company’s wildly successful Discoveries Series, which has a decade-long tradition of bringing bold and adventurous works to unexpected locations throughout metro Atlanta. Most recently, the opera set up a gigantic “Big Tent” to persevere by performing during the pandemic. “There’s a different kind of electricity between singers and audience when you are in an unexpected space. That is the essence of the Discoveries Series,” said Carl W. Knobloch Jr. General and Artistic Director Tomer Zvulun. “Pullman Yards offers a raw space that is ideal for Cabaret’s Kit Kat Club, but also provides us an opportunity to reach out to a community and a neighborhood we have never interacted with.” The Atlanta Opera will present Cabaret June 2 -19 and will present As One on June 9 and 11. The Cabaret Evening with Jay Hunter Morris is at 2pm on Saturday, June 18th. Tickets for Cabaret and As One start at $20 and range to $250 for premium cabaret tables in the Kit Kat Club itself. Located in the Kirkwood neighborhood, Pullman Yards has ample parking and there is easy access to two MARTA stations.
